New director for the dance company

Special to The Record

Published Sunday, October 15, 2006

The Dance Company of St. Augustine is pleased to announce the hiring of Kathryn Esposito as its new director. Esposito is a master ballet teacher and studio manager with more than 30 years experience. In addition to being studio director, she will be teaching the advanced-level ballet classes.

Esposito has studied classical and contemporary ballet in New York with The Eglevsky Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, The Harkness Ballet, Nuebert Ballet, Ballet Arts (Carnegie Hall), and The American Ballet Theater School.

She has danced professionally with The Hartford Ballet, The Dance Repertory Company (N.Y.) and The Orlando Ballet.

Esposito has been a guest teacher, choreographer and dance competition judge. Most recently she has restaged and re-choreographed the Nutcracker for The Columbus Youth Ballet in Columbus Ohio.The Dance Company has moved to a new location in the Cultural Arts Center at the Beach, 370 A1A Beach Blvd.

It is a not-for-profit dance organization providing instruction to more than 200 children and adults. Among the styles taught are ballet, tap, jazz, modern and Middle Eastern.

For information on how to register for classes, call The Dance Company at 471-4946, or go to www.thedanceco.com or come by the new studios next to the pier in St. Augustine Beach.